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Bihar toilet scam: How govt officials, NGOs, bankers stole Rs 15 cr meant for Swachh Bharat

Yet another fake beneficiaries scam in the state, this time in toilets for the Swachh Bharat Mission.

It's raising quite a stink. A probe ordered by Patna district magistrate Sanjay Agarwal has unearthed a scam involving officials of the state public health engineering department (PHED) who allegedly misappropriated

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